[Fictionary] PREED results

[Jim Moskowitz]

After tieing last round but stepping aside, 
Pierre has won the PREED round with a dominating 
ten points, all from two-point votes.  I predict 
a resurgence of (Mackem) and other dialects in 
upcoming entires...


General comments:

Elliott: Oh, lovely!  None of these are at all plausible.
Melissa: I reject out of hand anything having to 
do with plant biology or animal anatomy.


LINDA submitted: preed - adj. - [Appalachian 
dialect]  Primped, primed.  "He was all preed up 
for the senior prom".
2 points each from Ranjit and Amy
Elliott: A clipping of ``prepared''?  But then 
how come the definition doesn't say so? 
``Primped'' just doesn't sound dictionary to me.
Hutch: Too close to mine

WEBSTER'S NINTH NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY 
submitted: preed - v. (past tense) - Tasted 
tentatively, sampled.
1 point from Judith
Hutch: Dictionaries don't usually include past 
tense forms of verbs as independent entries.
Pierre: Tas de riz tentant, tas de rats tentés.
[Note: preed was not given an independent entry 
in the dictionary, but it was defined, in the 
form of "pree (preed, preeing): To taste 
tentatively, sample"]

DAVID submitted: preed - n. - A rabid squirrel.
Hutch: Why would there be a name for a *rabid* 
squirrel? Around here, they're ALL rabid.
Pierre: As distinct from a rapid rabid rabbit.

ELLIOTT submitted: preed - n. - A characteristic 
tic or mannerism indeterminate between endearing 
and intolerable. [Preed v. Preed, 435 U.S. 212, 
241 (1928) (Holmes, J., dissenting).]
1 point each from Ranjit and Hutch
Elliott: 1928 felt like the right year somehow. 
I hope Holmes was still on the Court then....
Hutch: This is too funny. Gotta give this one something.

NICK submitted: preed - n. - Knitted pants worn 
under mail armor in the colder months.
2 points from Elliott
1 point each from David and Melissa
Eric: In the warmer months, of course, Sir Lancelot went commando.
Elliott : Oooh!  Frankly, I'd want something 
under my chainmail all year round, but people 
were tougher back then.  Two points, and the 
Under Armor Under-Armor Award.

AMY submitted: preed - n. - In Passerine 
morphology, where the tail feathers join the body.
Elliott: Too close to PREEN for comfort.
Hutch: If you'd gone for "ornithological 
morphology", I would have gone for it, but I 
don't think that perching birds are different 
enough in their tail feathers (all Passserines 
have 12 tail feathers) from other orders that 
there'd be a name for this JUST for Passerines.
Pierre: PREEN. Why is this special to passerines?

PIERRE submitted: preed - v. - (Mackem) To fasten 
planks to the frame of a ship.
2 points each from Judith, Eric, David, Melissa and Hutch
Eric: Usually anything to do with ships is 
suspect, if not outright forbidden.  But somehow 
that "Mackem" gets to me.
Hutch: Knowing nothing about ships, this seems believable

MELISSA submitted: preed - n. - A bit with 
decorative knobs and side pieces, used for show 
horses
1 point from Pierre
Hutch: Unless I'm mistooken, the BIT wouldn't 
have the "decorative knobs and side pieces" on it 
since the bit is the part that's INSIDE the 
horse's mouth. I suppose the bit rings or shanks 
might have decoration, but I don't remember ever 
seeing anything more than extreme polish jobs.

JEAN-JOSEPH submitted: preed - n. - An accomplice 
to a pickpocket who pretends to receive the 
stolen item and, if necessary, acts suspicious in 
order to draw attention away from the actual drop 
recipient.
2 points each from Linda and Pierre
1 point from Elliott
Elliott: This just sounds too Fictionary.  Also, 
the three-person pickpocket team seems 
overstaffed.  On the other hand, it is 
interestingly complex.
Pierre: I cant help it. Saupicquez, frenans de gours arques!

HUTCH submitted: preed - adj. - Planned, intended
1 point from Eric

ERIC submitted: preed - n. - A seed coat (testa) 
that ruptures at germination, as seen in most 
eudicots.
1 point each from Linda and Amy
Elliott: Too close to SEED for comfort.
Pierre: This is only a testa. This concludes this 
testa of the Eudicot Germination System. I've 
seen a fair number of botanical technical terms, 
such as "crassinucellar" and "obdiplostemonous", 
so if this were real, I'd probably recognize it.



Thank you to all who entered/voted!  It's all yours, Pierre....

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